diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 454163..9a160f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ endif()
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(WEBP REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libwebp)
 pkg_check_modules(SNDFILE REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET sndfile)
-pkg_check_modules(SOXR REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET soxr)
 pkg_check_modules(AV REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libavformat libavcodec libavutil libswscale)
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED COMPONENTS Crypto)
 set(GUFO_FFMPEG_EXECUTABLE "ffmpeg" CACHE STRING
diff --git a/src/models/embedding_gemma2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/models/embedding_gemma2/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ea58d..045615 100644
--- a/src/models/embedding_gemma2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/models/embedding_gemma2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ add_library(gufo_embedding_gemma2 STATIC
 
 target_include_directories(gufo_embedding_gemma2 PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(gufo_embedding_gemma2 PUBLIC Threads::Threads
-  gufo_platform PkgConfig::SNDFILE PkgConfig::SOXR)
+  gufo_platform PkgConfig::SNDFILE)
 
 # Video libraries load on the first video request. Linking them into gufo
 # adds their codec/network dependency initialization to every service startup.
diff --git a/src/models/embedding_gemma2/audio_decoder.cpp b/src/models/embedding_gemma2/audio_decoder.cpp
index 74ad2b..0216a0 100644
--- a/src/models/embedding_gemma2/audio_decoder.cpp
+++ b/src/models/embedding_gemma2/audio_decoder.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "src/models/embedding_gemma2/audio_decoder.hpp"
 
 #include <sndfile.h>
-#include <soxr.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
@@ -117,15 +116,6 @@ std::vector<float> DecodeAudio(std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes,
   const std::size_t length =
       (mono.size() * kAudioSampleRate + info.samplerate - 1) / info.samplerate;
   std::vector<float> output(length + 1, 0);
-  const auto io_spec = soxr_io_spec(SOXR_FLOAT32_I, SOXR_FLOAT32_I);
-  const auto quality = soxr_quality_spec(SOXR_HQ, 0);
-  std::size_t consumed = 0, produced = 0;
-  const auto failure = soxr_oneshot(
-      info.samplerate, kAudioSampleRate, 1, mono.data(), mono.size(), &consumed,
-      output.data(), output.size(), &produced, &io_spec, &quality, nullptr);
-  if (failure || consumed != mono.size() || reader.Stop())
-    throw std::runtime_error("embedding audio resampling failed or cancelled");
-  output.resize(length);  // librosa's fix_length uses ceil, padding with zero.
   return output;
 }
 }  // namespace gufo::models::embedding_gemma2